still, I shall pull the weeds in the rice paddy."
"Chapter Nine
1. Autumn in Japan is the typhoon season, which not uncommonly ruins entire rice crops. Hence, the farmer pulls weeds in the rice paddy never knowing whether or not he will be able to harvest the crop."
-both from "How to Cook Your Life" by Dōgen with commentary by Kōshō uchiyama Rōshi
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